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forgo
English
Alternative forms
- forego (proscribed)
Etymology
From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forg?n (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- +? go.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f??????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f????o?/
Verb
forgo (third-person singular simple present forgoes, present participle forgoing, simple past forwent, past participle forgone) (transitive)
- To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.
- To do without, to abandon, to renounce.
- 1986, New York Magazine (volume 19, number 49, page 20)
- You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops.
- 1986, New York Magazine (volume 19, number 49, page 20)
- To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
Quotations
Usage notes
Not to be confused with forego (“go before”), though forego (“do without”) is also sometimes used as an alternative spelling of forgo.
Translations
References
- forgo in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- forgo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- go for
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forswear
English
Alternative forms
- foreswear
Etymology
From Middle English forsweren, from Old English forswerian (“to swear falsely”). Cognate with Old Saxon farswerian, Old High German farsweren, German verschwören. More at for- +? swear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?(?)?sw??(?)/, /f??(?)?sw??(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Verb
forswear (third-person singular simple present forswears, present participle forswearing, simple past forswore, past participle forsworn)
- (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
- (intransitive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.
Translations
Anagrams
- forwears
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